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From the charm to the offensive
If a single impulse has defined Chinese diplomacy over the past decade, it is its smile: near and far, China has waged a charm offensive. With its land neighbours, India excepted, China has amicably settled nearly all border disputes; it has abjured force in dealing with South-East Asian neighbours over still unsettled maritime boundaries.
‘No Word from America before Blacklisting’
Presidency officials yesterday moved to play down claims that the United States found it “very easy” to blacklist Nigeria in the war against terrorism because of the absence of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from the country.
Indian student numbers to Australia plummet
The decline follows a year when attacks on Indian students in Melbourne and Sydney made headlines in India. They also caused diplomatic relations to sour between Canberra and Delhi.
Economically suffering Armenia better to compromise: expert
It is very much in the interest of landlocked and economically suffering Armenia to proceed with the treaties, which will open up the Turkey-Armenia border, U.S. expert on Turkey Michael Gunter believes.
Celebrating 35 Years Of Havana-KL Ties
Havana and Kuala Lumpur sealed ties in 1975, at the time of the Cold War ideological divide, and have moved forward to enjoy increasingly fruitful and meaningful relations in many areas, be it politics, economics, trade, medical, education, sports and people-to-people relations.
Chinese New Year gala show dazzles Canadians
Jin is part of Carnival China Style, a 65-member all-star troupe that is on a 20-day North American tour to celebrate the New Year and promote cultural exchanges between China and the United States and Canada.
Rwanda and France pledge to boost ties after three-year freeze
Rwandan President Paul Kagame met French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in Kigali on Thursday. Kouchner is the first French official to visit Rwanda since the two countries resumed diplomatic ties in November.
Being Israel’s ambassador
As one of your bosses talks up the Israeli interest in negotiation and compromise, the other pulls the country unflinchingly toward a racist, undemocratic future.
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